Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

所以，我们不丧胆。外体虽然毁坏，内心却一天新似一天。

所以，我们不丧胆。虽然我们外在的人日渐朽坏，内在的人却日日更新。

所以，我们不丧胆。虽然我们外在的人日渐朽坏，内在的人却日日更新。

所以，我们不气馁。身体虽然日渐衰残，内在的生命却日日更新。

所以，我们并不沮丧，我们外面的人虽然渐渐朽坏，但里面的人却日日更新，

因此我们不丧胆。即使我们外在的人渐渐衰朽，我们内在的人还是日日被更新。

所以，我們不喪膽。外體雖然毀壞，內心卻一天新似一天。

所以，我們不喪膽。雖然我們外在的人日漸朽壞，內在的人卻日日更新。

所以，我們不喪膽。雖然我們外在的人日漸朽壞，內在的人卻日日更新。

所以，我們不氣餒。身體雖然日漸衰殘，內在的生命卻日日更新。

所以，我們並不沮喪，我們外面的人雖然漸漸朽壞，但裡面的人卻日日更新，

所以我們不喪志。我們這外表的人雖漸敗壞，我們這內心的人卻日日更新。

因此我們不喪膽。即使我們外在的人漸漸衰朽，我們內在的人還是日日被更新。

故我不餒、外體雖壞、而內心日新、

故吾不懦、外體雖壞、而內心日新、

故我不怯、外體雖壞、內心日新、

因此吾人中心不餒；外形雖萎、而靈心則日新又新矣。

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

We don’t give up. Our bodies are becoming weaker and weaker. But our spirits are being renewed day by day.

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward[ man] is renewed day by day.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.

But those who wait for the LORD’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God– what is good and well- pleasing and perfect.

I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living?

to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.

but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.

Give us each day our daily bread,

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.